死に体

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
死	体
し Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
死に體 (kyūjitai)

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死に体

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しにたい [shìnítáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɲ̟ita̠i]

Noun edit

死(し)に体(たい) • (shinitai)

(sumo) losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover
Antonym: 生き体
(politics) lame duck
Synonyms: レームダック, 役立たず
hopeless situation

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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